[ale] PSC 1350 and ptal

[Cor van Dijk]

Dow Hurst wrote:

> Cor,
> Additional info on ptal:
>
> Under suse90 I have these processes running upon finishing bootup and
> running ps auwx | grep ptal (watch out for line wrap here):
>
> ptal-mlcd mlc:usb:officejet_d_series -devidmatch MDL:officejet d series;
> -devidmatch SN:SG21A210Y0RS; -device /dev/usb/lp0 /dev/usb/lp1
> /dev/usb/lp2 /dev/usb/lp3 /dev/usb/lp4 /dev/usb/lp5 /dev/usb/lp6
> /dev/usb/lp7
>
> ptal-printd mlc:usb:officejet_d_series -morepipes 9 -like /dev/lp0
>
> /sbin/startpar -f -- /etc/init.d/rc5.d/S13ptal
>
> I also have these commands available in /usr/sbin to play with:
> dhurst at sword:~> ls -l /usr/sbin/ptal*
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         5083 2003-09-23 19:01
> /usr/sbin/ptal-cups
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        33936 2003-09-23 19:01
> /usr/sbin/ptal-init
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       188981 2003-09-23 19:02
> /usr/sbin/ptal-mlcd
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        21318 2003-09-23 19:02
> /usr/sbin/ptal-photod
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        16471 2003-09-23 19:02
> /usr/sbin/ptal-printd
>
> A whole set of documentation is under:
> /usr/share/doc/packages/hp-officeJet/
>
> so maybe this will help you figure it out!
> Dow
>
> Cor van Dijk wrote:
>
> >I have been halfway succesful in getting the hp psc1350 to work on
> >redhat and suse ( kernel 2.40.20) with
> >hpoj-0.91. That is,  the scanner works ok, but the printer part  refuses
> >to work, does nor even seem connected.
> >Rerunning "/ptal-init setup" as suggested on some FAQ- like
> >interchanges, does not work.
> >Bypassing the spooler with "cat > <filename>  /dev/usb/lp0" does
> >nothing, although the driver is "raw", that is
> >no driver. Same thing with the "hpijs" driver.
> >Could this be a "cups" issue? I am probably missing something obvious.
> >Can somebody help me out or point
> >me in the right direction. TIA. Cor van Dijk.
> >
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Thanks for your reply Dow
I do have all of the scripts you listed. hpoj-91 is the latest as far as I
know.
I have to try a few of the things you suggested. But as I said, the scanner
part works
Also, I use suse 8.2 and redhatenterprise 3.3. Both are usb capable and
suggest
on bootup that they *do* find the PSC 1350.
I probably will not be back for a while. busy with something else.
Thanks anyway (By the way, I installed the thing on windows me2000, works
fine!)
Cor